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Linda Styles

 
Double skinned jugs 2009

 
Address & Contact Details
Styles Ceramics
37, Trevethan Road
 Falmouth
 Cornwall
TR11 2AS
Tel: 01326 312069
email: linda.styles@cornwall.ac.uk
www.lindastyles.co.uk

About

   
My motive remains constant regardless of material and method, in that my practice explores the nature of instinctual form in relation to unorthodox surface methodology, the intention being to achieve a mix of random and considered surface to form, a hard task given the extended process of clay to ceramic and the volatile nature of heat and chemicals.

To achieve this craved for  ‘tension of opposites’ I repetitively use variations along a seventeen-year-old theme: -

Hand built soft sheet assemblage juxtaposed to create hollow form, sometimes humped and slumped, usually accessorised with specific elements that allude to ‘function’. I multifire and multisurface, my material preference being terracotta with a light toned slip ground overlaid by 1970’s reference acid brights, undertoned by ‘rural idyll’ earth pigments, suspended in both matt and gloss vitreous formulae, scratched through to reveal and overlaid to obscure, always accented with precious metals and lustre’s.

I like to think that my work is about something ‘other’ than itself, awkward balance and rhythmic narrative always present, always linked, the tangible object on the shelf representing the sometimes intangible whole.
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Commissions

2008
Heritage Lottery funded public art project involving pre-school infants, Falmouth Municipal gallery, Cornwall                   
2007
Gift of ceramics to The Gregg Museum of Folk Art, North Carolina, USA
2007
Commissioned by Brian Stewart to produce a painting in response to The Miro Constellations Show, Falmouth Gallery, Cornwall               
2006
21st century interpretation of 19th Century decorative jug, Hidden Art Curated, Godolphin House, Cornwall
2006
6 logo Tiles for bereaved children, Sand Rose Trust, Marazion, Cornwall
2004
Ceramic triptych, Godolphin Arms, Marazion, Cornwall
1996
Architectural ceramic mural in relief sections 6’x 6’ based on industrial and natural landscape / seascape, Chris Neal Design Ltd, Truro, Cornwall
1997
Refurbishment of piazza, Frame Warehouse, Penryn, Cornwall
1995
Range of breakfast tableware for Sir Terrance Conran, Michelin House,
London
1994
 Selected undergraduate commission working and showing with Lubna Chowdhary, Tate Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall   
                                       



Awards

2009
‘Mark of the Hand’, Cornwall College, CUC Academic Research Award, Helston UK
2007
‘Spontaneous Combustion 2’ Cornwall College, CUC, European Community Funding Academic Research Award, St Ives, UK
2006
‘Spontaneous Combustion 1’ Cornwall College, CUC Academic Research Award, Helston, UK       
2000
'A New Way of Looking at Form and Surface in ceramic' Cornwall College Academic Research Fund Award, Redruth, UK
1996-1997
'Low fired Simulated sawdust firing', Falmouth College of Art Research Award (published in Ceramic Review), Falmouth, UK
1996
1st class BA(Hons) award in Studio Ceramics. Dissertation 1st class award - A Deconstruction of Womens daily lives, Featuring Bobby Baker, performance Artist, Falmouth, UK
1996
‘CPA Setting Out’ Graduation work selected for  show, London, UK.
1996
'What's Brewing’, Graduation work selected for Art Connoisseur Gallery, London, UK
1995
Ceramic Contempories 2, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK



Press

2009 ‘History in the Making’ Inside Cornwall, Aug, issue number 188
2009 Art – A-Z Degrees, Getting Into University, The Independent Education Supplement, February
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-degrees/art-1630750.html
2009 ‘Wild Mums find Art’ Guardian Society, Jan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jan/05/wild-mums-falmouth-gallery-cornwall                       
2008 ‘Submersive Figures’ Artcornwall.org, Sept
http://www.artcornwall.org/exhibitions/submersive_figures.htm         
2008, ‘In the Studio’, Inside Cornwall, Sept 177
2008  ‘Children's tiles help build the future of Falmouth building’ Falmouth Packet,
June
2008 ‘Submersive Figures’, Cornwall Culture review by Cath Wallace, August
http://www.cornwallculture.co.uk/
2006 ‘Catch this’ Daily Telegraph, May
2006 ‘On the crest of a new Arts Wave’, The Observer, Nov
2006, ‘Open Studios Cornwall’, Daily Telegraph Travel Supplement, May
2004 ‘The History of Studio Pottery’ Inside Cornwall, Jan, issue number 117
2003 ‘Burning Issues’ Cornwall Today, Nov, issue number 115
2003  'Linda Styles Ceramics' published to accompany the exhibition at Tate St Ives 25/10/2 - 25/01/2004. (A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library, library of congress number 2003111554, copyright Tate Trustees 2003 all rights reserved)
1998 – ongoing ‘British Studio Potters' Marks’, Eric Yates-Owen and Robert Fournier. Published by A&C Black Limited.
1997 'Bonfire Brilliance - Low Fire Simulated Sawdust Firing'.  Ceramic review, January – February, issue number 163
1996 'Hot Seat', Cornwall Today, December



Outlets

Beside the Wave, 10 Arwenack Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3JA
Tel: 01326 211132
Cornwall Crafts Association, Trelissick, Feock, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 6QL
Tel: 01872 864514
Cry of the Gulls, Fowey and Brighton, 2 Webb Street, Fowey, Cornwall, PL23 1AP
Tel: 01726 833838
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate Dundee, Scotland, DD1 4DY
Tel: 01382 909900
Falmouth Gallery, Municipal Buildings, The Moor, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 2RT
Tel: 01326 213863
Lighthouse Gallery, 54 – 55 Causewayhead, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2SS
Tel: 01736 350555
The New Craftsman, 24 Fore St. St. Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1HE
Tel: 01736 795652
Newlyn Exchange, Princes Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2NL
Tel: 01736 363715
Oriel-Y-Felin Gallery,15 Ffordd-y-Felin ,Trefin, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA62 5AX
Tel: 01348 837500
Richard Hagen Fine Art, Stable Lodge, 55/57 High St, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7DP
Tel: 01386 853624/858561
Veryan Galleries, Veryan Green, Roseland Peninsular, Cornwall, TR2 5QQ
Tel: 01872 501469
Wetpaint Gallery, The Old Chapel, 14 London Road, Cirencester, Glos GL7 1AE,
Tel: 01285 644990

Linda Styles

Mark of the Hand

Posted By linda styles at 11/08/2009 15:21:19
‘Mark of the Hand’
Trelowarren Gallery
Mawgan-in-Meneage
Lizard
Date of exhibition: 26 July – 6 September 2009
(Preview – 25 July 2009, 6-9pm)
Gallery opening hours – Daily 10.30am – 5.00pm
Contact Name: Linda Styles
Contact Phone Number: 01326 312069
Contact Email: linda.styles@cornwall.ac.uk
Trelowarren Gallery: 01326 221567

A disparate mix of nineteen craftsmen and women, have been invited to exhibit an eclectic and exciting array of contemporary and archive ceramics, joined by ‘makers of tomorrow’, represented by our most recent Graduates who will be showing a group exhibit selected from their final 2009 HND show. Also on display will be examples of relevant mid 20th century studio pottery (Janet Leach, William Marshall, Harry and May Davis), which have been kindly loaned by private collectors to provide a very special and fascinating showcase of historically important work.

The core research base for this project is intrinsically linked to the mid 20th Century Vocational Pottery courses held at Redruth School of Art and the inception of The Cornwall Crafts Association, based on subjective recollections, factual reference, images and examples of work and thoughts connected to the 'studio pottery' tradition, taking into account the transitionary backlash 'fine art principled' freeform ceramics and evolvement of Post modern design principles that have led us to where we stand today.

This celebratory exhibition is purposely timed to mark the closure of the long running, ever changing Higher National Diploma in Design Crafts Ceramics, which has run for twenty-seven years from 1982 - 2009

Linda Styles July 2009

“The story here is of the remarkable and highly innovative craft of ceramics, a reflection upon the rich and vivid history of specialist vocational study of ceramics in Cornwall, of students, teachers and advisors who, over the decades, have taken part in a spirited exercise which is about learning to make from clay.

Mark of the Hand is not only about an exciting collection of ceramic pieces, but also about the history, the subjective recollection, which surrounds them. On display are memoirs and archival material, which give rich context to this exhibition. An exhibition to delight makers and lovers of ceramics, but also those interested in an intriguing Cornish legacy”.

Jenny Leighton for Inside Cornwall magazine (August 2009)

www.insidecornwall.co.uk


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